Food & Farming
Do you ever wish eating local could be easy? Well, for the next seven weeks in Frankfort and Elberta, it is not only easy, it’s spiced up with some friendly competition....
What exactly is an Eggmobile? It’s essentially a chicken coop on wheels, and a great way to move our hens around to another fresh, un-pecked pasture every few days so that they have steady access to the foods they really like-grass and bugs....
“Extinction” usually makes me think of things like mastodons or civil political discourse, not tomatoes or apples....
Wes Jackson is a nationally renowned pioneer in American agriculture. That is why we recently presented Mr. Jacksons at the State Theater, in Traverse City, and why his appearance attracted approximately 350 very interested people....
When the Michigan Municipal League announced the winners of its “Let’s Save Michigan” poster contest, it’s not surprising that many, including four of the top six, included green economy images, like farm fields and wind towers. ...
What if Michigan farms supplied all of the fruits and vegetables that Michiganders eat during the growing season?...
Betti Wiggins, operations manager for food service in Detroit Public Schools, is determined to serve more Michigan-grown fresh fruits and vegetables to the 52,000 kids she feeds at lunchtime each day....
That means going organic, buying at farmers’ markets (if your favorite farmer is not certified organic, ask what kind of pesticides are used) and washing fruits and vegetables thoroughly before consuming them....
I just spent five days in Phoenix, Ariz., with 650 farmers, researchers, health professionals, young people, and community advocates from across the country who are working on new markets for farms, economic development for communities, and healthy diets for children-based largely on buying, selling, and eating locally grown foods....
Michigan is set to hear from some of the leading innovators of farm to school programs in the country during the Taking Root: National Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Detroit in May. And that’s not all....
Calling everyone interested in local foods! Please direct your attention to Washington D.C. this week and next....
Talk about entrepreneurial spirit! Northwest Michigan’s great creativity and resourcefulness around healthy food and profitable farming shone brightly last Friday at the second annual Farm Route to Prosperity summit....
Wes Jackson says his lifelong research convinces him that modern agriculture must look far into the past if it is to have a sustainable future....
In Italy, CSA Is a GAS...
In Kobe, a History of CSA Worldwide...
Now is the time to put local food and farming priorities in front of these candidates....
February 27, 2010 | By Jim Sluyter
Lost in Translation...
February 26, 2010 | By Jim Sluyter
The Talking Begins...
February 25, 2010 | By Jim Sluyter
Hops Smops – I’m going for the Sake...
